Toshiba's Portable External Hard Drives

Toshiba?s Storage Device Division is showcasing its new line of portable external hard disk drives here in Las Vegas. The self-powered USB 2.0 drives will be available in 100-, 120-, and 160-gigabyte versions, and have a unique, streamlined look.

"After years of providing hard drives to other guys to package into systems and portable media players, we?ve learned what it takes to package a hard drive," explains Maciek Brzeski, vice president of marketing. The drives mark Toshiba?s first entry into the retail market.

The drives ship with NTI's Shadow 3.0 software for data backup. Here's what one looks like.

Inside the black chassis is a 1.8-inch hard drive housed in a way to absorb shock. "We have some patent-pending shock mounting built in there," says Brzeski. "We mounted the drive in a 9-point mounting between the drive and the case, that will handle all of life's bumps. We can tolerate a four-inch drop while operating to a hard surface, with no damage. Alternatively, if the drive slides off a tabletop, it will go into a non-operative mode, and can tolerate a 30-inch drop. The idea is to keep your content safe."

So far, Toshiba has only announced pricing for the 100GB version ($139). All three models will ship at the end of the first quarter of 2007; the prices for the 120GB and 160GB versions will be announced when they ship.

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